60. 13th dream Meogines

Pankration.

It is a martial art that has existed since the B.C. of ancient Greece, and it is also an Olympic event that promising scholars at the time taught athletes through repeated research to make the ancient fighting slaves fight haphazardly into a perfect martial art.

All matches were conducted in a nude state with olive oil applied to the whole body. All techniques of wrestling and boxing were permitted in Pankration, except for claws, biting, and eye gouging. Anything other than this was allowed.

In this tournament, there were no weight classes, no round divisions and no breaks, so it was a brutal fighting match that lasted until one side died.

***

The dry dirt floor and circular white border suggested that this was a stadium, and three red carpets were laid side by side on the marble stairs. The round staircase that appeared to be the spectator seats surrounding the stadium was crowded with many people, and cheers were so loud that it was hard to hear.

A short while later, a hairy man in a white suit draped loosely over his body approached.

“Everyone is welcome. It is a great pleasure to be able to introduce Artello prior to the start of the match. Stadium old champion and now respected referee here in Thasos. Please shout loudly.”

wow wow

Soon, a middle-aged man with a long stick in one hand walked out into the stadium and bowed his head to the crowd, and cheers poured out.

“It is an honor to introduce you to this sacred event. Everyone is waiting, so I won’t talk too much. A rookie who appeared like a comet! Introducing Meogines, who is called the child of Hercules.”

Wow.

“Meogines! I bet on you again!! Good luck!!!”

Soon a man walked out into the arena and entered with a greasy, greasy body with nothing on. His height was about 5 pus 6 dactylose (about 180 cm), and he showed off his overwhelming physical beauty. It was Meogines, the 13th life of Gyuha.

Meogines was from the island of Thasos in the northernmost part of Greece, and his father was a priest who served Hercules, so he grew up very rich in that region. Perhaps because of this, he was well-developed and boasted a large physique and overflowing power from an early age.

However, with that overflowing power, he suffered a major accident. At the age of eight, he pulled out the statue of Hercules, which is sacred to all the inhabitants of Thasos Island, and threw it down, not enough to break his arm.

“It was done by a child who knew nothing. Please have mercy just once.”

Originally, he should have been sentenced to death for blasphemy, but since his father was also a priest who served Hercules, he struggled even in the temple, and in the end.

“I will spare you the death penalty. Instead, there are conditions. If you become a pankration fighter with that overflowing power and show the greatness of Hercules, I will forgive you.”

Afterwards, Meogines debuted in the Pankration competition at the age of 18 with a natural body along with systematic and rigorous training. And he was called a monster rookie as he won eight consecutive victories in a row.

Meogines climbed onto the Pankration Stadium again today for a ninth straight win.

“You have seen how a rookie who appeared like a comet quickly rose to the position of a challenger. But can we take on our current champion Adras? Let’s call it. Champion Adras!!!”

Is it a courtesy to the current champion?

ridge!

ridge!

Along with the sound of a majestic drum, a large, oiled man appeared, with an impressive long scar on his cheek. The man called the champion suddenly started running toward the center of the arena, jumped a long distance, landed with a thump, and roared like a beast.

“Kuaaa!!!!”

“Waaa!! A champion after all!”

“Adras believes in me today too!!!”

“Go ahead, Iliad!!”

The crowd’s faith in Adras, who is currently holding onto a 15-game winning streak and firmly defending the championship, was considerable. When all the players for today’s game gathered at the stadium, Iliad quickly proceeded with the game.

“Adras and Meogines to their seats! ruler! Now announce the start of the sacred match for the god Hercules!!”

With the start signal from Adras, the moderator, Meogines and Iliad went round and round to search the arena.

“You want me to deal with a kid like this? Damn it! After this tournament, I will have to leave Thasos as well.”

“Heh. Adras. That won’t happen because you will die here today.”

“What? You’re so arrogant for a kid who just debuted. I will crush you like a worm.”

“What kind of champion talks so much? Did you win the champion with your mouth?”

“what? this child! aaa.”

Adras lost his temper and rushed as if Meogines’ provocation had worked. As expected, Meogines slightly dodged to the side and aimed his fist at Adras’ chin. Adras, who wanted to take it for a moment, managed to avoid it with instinctive movements, but unfortunately, he was hit near the eye.

“Heuk, the speed is what it is. It didn’t even look right.”

At first glance, it was a simple stroke like a light tap, but it was a speed that the opponent couldn’t even see. Adras’s eyes began to swell in an instant. Perspective was lost when one side of the field of view was blurred, and Adras was now hesitant and could not enter easily.

“damn. I was too careless. It must have hit the eyes.”

Meogines smiled leisurely and provoked Adras.

“Is that the end of the attack? As expected, the champion had a loud voice, so it was something else.”

“Shut up! A rat that runs away cowardly.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Meoginess disappeared from Adras’s field of vision. Meogines pulled Adras by the leg and knocked him down with lightning speed, almost touching the floor. Adras panicked at the speed so fast that he was helpless and struggled to stand up somehow.

“What, what power?”

He boasted that he had never been pushed back by force, but no matter how hard he struggled, his body did not budge from Meoginess’s powerful restraints.

During the long confrontation on the floor, Meogines suddenly grabbed Adras’ right ankle and sat down. He placed his left leg on his pelvis and his right leg on his hamstrings, twisted his body to the left, and lay down on his back.

“Cheack!!!”

As Achilles tightened, Adras felt extreme pain.

Bagak

Eventually, the ankle bone was broken. Meogines released the ankle he was holding on to, then stepped back and turned his neck around to show his composure.

aaa!!!

The audience was enthusiastic about Meogines’ showmanship.

Adras also hurriedly got up, but one eye was swollen to the point where he couldn’t open it properly, and he couldn’t move properly because his right ankle bone was broken. There was nothing he could do other than limping and increasing his distance from Meoginess as much as possible.

“Where is the brave champion who said he would crush me like a bug?”

“Ughhh.”

Only then did Adras feel fear. It was only now that he realized that he had been too careless. The opponent led this match as he intended from start to finish.

“Should I abstain?”

Adras had never thought of giving up, but when his life was threatened, he couldn’t help but think of giving up. However, he knew better that giving up in this pankration match was equal to death. Even if he abstained and saved his life, he did not have the confidence to live in the contempt of people worse than death.

“No abstaining! We win somehow.”

Adras’ eyes were filled with miasma again, and he waited for the other person to enter while keeping his posture as low as possible. However, Meogines was a strategist who thoroughly exploited his opponent’s weaknesses. Turning to the right, where Adras’s vision was blocked, he attacked Adras’ broken ankle with his heel.

pug.

“aaagh.”

When the broken ankle was hit again, the pain was so great that it was indescribable, and Adras’ head went blank and he rolled on the dry dirt floor.

After Meogines climbed on top of such Adras, he broke his left ankle, leaving Adras virtually incapable of doing anything other than crawling on the floor.

Yaaa!!

The audience was already in a crucible of shouts and excitement to the point of madness. Meogines enjoyed it and raised both hands as if to suggest victory.

“Kill! kill! kill! Kill!”

The mournful crowd gathered their mouths and demanded the death of Adras.

As if responding to it, Meoginess, who was struggling with pain, launched an indiscriminate attack on Adras’ face.

Puck puck puck puck.

His entire face was sunken, and his original face was nowhere to be found, and the dry dirt floor was soaked with the blood of Adras. Soon, Meogines wrapped his long arms around Adras’ neck and tightened it, and the movements of Adras’ fingers that were scratching the soil gradually slowed down and then completely stopped.

When Artello, the referee, raised his arm to declare Meoginness victorious, a thunderous roar erupted.

“He is the new champion!”

“As expected, Meogines! The game is hot!!!!!”

To announce the birth of a new champion, the presenter, Iliad, reappeared at the center of the stage.

“The winner chosen by the goddess Nike! The gods must have watched all these sacred matches. A new champion is born! It’s meogines!!!!!!!”

aaa!!!

With the cheers of the crowd, the Iliad placed a laurel wreath made of bay leaves on Meorgines’ head.

“Eternal glory is yours. Please tell us how you feel about becoming the new champion.”

waaa

Meogines stood on the podium, looked around the audience, and then spat out like a lion roaring.

“The new champion of Thasos is me, Meogines! But we cannot be satisfied here. I will give up my title as champion and go to Thessaloniki for a new challenge. I am the incarnation of Hercules! This means that Meogines will stake the honor of Thasos and challenge the champion in Thessaloniki as well!”

“Wow, Thessaloniki? That’s where Homeus, the incarnation of Thanatos, is. Crazy!”

“Waaa Meogines support!!”

The audience heated up once again at Meogines’ bombshell declaration. Thasos was not a small island, but to challenge the pankration champion in Thessaloniki, a polis within five fingers of all of Greece in size, was enormous.

Meoginess’s fearless eyes gleamed with confidence.

***

“Nyaaang.”

Gyuha’s eyes widened at the familiar harshness felt on his left cheek. As expected, Geum-bi licked Kyu-ha’s cheek and announced the morning.

“It’s been five years…”

Kyuha raised both of his hands.

screams of pain.

A feeling that breaks bones.

The fishy smell of blood mixed with sweat under the scorching sun.

It felt so vivid, as if it had just happened.

shit.

Today seemed to be a good day for some reason.